Hello one and all, I cannot believe it is December, Amy has put up the decorations and we are all getting very festive. Thankfully we have had no festive snow but some lovely cold and sunny days here at the club. Course conditions have been great with some fantastic comments about the course and in particular the greens. No disease, no weeds and rolling lovely!

If you fancy a game, winter is generally a lot quieter so we can always get you on, call 01299271112 to get booked in. Remember the Breakfast Special of 18 holes and breakfast is only £26 weekends and £23midweek.

Pro's news

Stocking fillers

A big thank you to everyone who supported us over Black Friday, hopefully you got a great deal, it was our biggest weekend to date. Amy has now set up our stocking fillers table with prices ranging from £5, £10, £15 and £20; loads of bargains and deals to be had.

It’s A…

After a couple of lessons and a busy Monday shift I got the call from Eve… You need to come home!

Fast forward to 12.03am and the newest member of CMGC was here.

Everyone say hello to Rafferty David Fitzhenry Pain born on Tuesday 28th November weighing in at 8lb.5 by C-section.

Hopefully I'll see a few of you up the club Friday afternoon for a couple of bevies!

Amy’s Heading to BHSG in January!

I’m thrilled to announce I am heading to the Butch Harmon School of Golf in Dubai for the month of January!

When I went over to Dubai in May, I was lucky enough to get to know Jamie and Natalie who are 2 of the coaches there and the opportunity arose!

It’s a fantastic opportunity and I can’t wait to get over there! While I’m there I will be shadowing all the coaches based there and assisting with the Junior Program, as well as helping and assisting with some other jobs!

I’m hoping I’ll learn a lot while I’m there which I can bring home and implement into my own coaching and Junior classes we run here at Cleobury. There’s also the added bonus of some Winter Sun!

I will be available for lessons at Cleobury until Friday 29th December and will be back to work on Monday 29th January!

Please get in touch to book your lessons in before I leave; my diary is always in the Pro Shop!

Course news

Bark Mulch

We have been asked about the bark mulch that has been applied to the bottom of some trees on the course and whether it should be treated as GUR.

The bark mulch is used to suppress grass growth around trees to improve the appearance and health of the tree. The use of mulch enables quicker mowing and reduces damage to the tree bark that can happen when a mower or strimmer gets too close. The mulch will suppress grass growth around the bottom of the tree that will help preserve moisture for the tree and make it easier to spot a golf ball from a distance.

The ball should be played as it lies without penalty or if the player deems it unplayable he or she should proceed according to Rule 28 giving the player three options plus a bonus one.

Proceed under stroke and distance, by playing a ball from as close to where the original ball was last played.

Drop a ball behind the point where the ball lay, keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point the ball may be dropped.

Drop a ball within two clubs length of the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole.

Speak to Dave or Amy on how to play a shot off the bark in a golf lesson

Remember the player is the sole judge as to whether his ball is unplayable.

The reasons we have introduced the Bark mulch are for everyone’s benefit:

* It protects the trees.* Makes it easier and quicker to mow around trees.* Makes it easier to spot your ball.* Speeds up play.

Tree Work

Do you ever start a job thinking it will take maybe a couple of days and then half way through you realise it was a lot bigger than expected? Well that is what’s occurring on the 8th of Badgers Sett.

The following parts are now complete;

The pine plantation to the right of the fairway, the chestnut trees to the side of the second green and the plantation to the left of the 8th green and behind the 9th tee.

Now the team are moving to the area which is down the left hand side of the 8th as you play it. This area has barely been touched since they were planted and if your ball goes in there it is automatic reload! The hope is that more light will come through and make it less wet on the left side and allow you to not only find your ball, but also play it.

The whole purpose of this winter project is to create more light and aerification and have a good balance of tree age and species diversity

Once complete, the timber piles will be collected and once the whole winter tree felling project is complete, a stump grinder will be hired and it will be like they were never there! Badgers will be closed for a couple of days whilst they do the far end, after that it will be back open with the 8th played off a forward tee. Please call us to check if you want to play Badgers.

Check out some before and afters below.

Club news

Winter Series

Our 3rd Winter Series Event took place at Bromsgrove Golf Club and was another great day.

The format chosen for this week was Pairs Betterball.

There was some good scoring by all of our pairs but the winners on countback were Mark Greenfield and Mark Palmer with 40 points!

Clive Jordan and Chris Newman just missed out finishing second. Also, we always have 2 Nearest the Pins and these were won by Geoff King and Ash Cook.

Next up is The Staffordshire on the 11th December! We have also confirmed some dates that will begin again in the New Year:

Monday 15th January – Maxstoke Park - 3 spaces

Monday 5th February – The Herefordshire - 2 Spaces

Thursday 22nd February – Kidderminster – 3 Spaces

Tuesday 6th March – Gaudet Luce – 3 Spaces

Wednesday 21st March – Sapey GC – 4 spaces

If you would like to play in any please contact us here or pop into the Pro Shop.

November Double Roll Up.

Frosty conditions welcomed the early starters on both Saturday and Sunday in the Men’s Double Roll Up, but that didn’t stop some quality golf being played. On the Saturday the grouping of Phil Lau, Martin Cleaver and Steve Lau all had fantastic scores with Phil (Hcp 5) shooting 38 points, Martin (Hcp 11) scoring 40 and Steve (Hcp 12) shooting 41 points to take top spot on Saturday.

On Sunday there were vital Winter Order of Merit points up for grabs with the likes of Ash Cook, Charlie Edwards and Matt Fairman adding to their totals from the previous two WOM.

Lewis Hodges found some good form shooting 39 points but the day was to be had by Harry King who managed 42 points, which even included a dropped shot on the 18th.

Harry now leads the Division Two WOM with Matt Fairman and Lewis Hodges hotly in pursuit.

Ashley Cook remains on top of Division One with the likes of Charlie Edwards, Lee Glasby and Karl Tyers all within striking distance.

Pictured are Martin, Steve and Phil after their great knocks.

Christmas Sweep

The Christmas decoration are up and that means it's once again time for the Golf Centre Christmas Sweep, we have teamed up with Under Armour and Stuburt for this year’s prizes and will be selling squares at £3.00each or two for £5.00.

We will be doing the draw on New Year’s Eve to help some lucky winners have a good finish to the year and start the new year in style.

This year’s top prize will be from Under Armour and includes the Under Armour Windstrike Jacket (£60), Under Armour Reactor Top (£65), Under Armour Snood (£20) and Under Armour Bobble Hat (£20).

A Stuburt bundle including the stylish Endurance Padded Jacket (£50), Endurance Sport Zip Performance Sweater (£30) and Bobble Hat (£10) will be this year’s second prize with an Under Armour Storm Fleece (£49.99) third prize and a Stuburt Urban Quarter Zip Fleece as fourth prize.

To enter simply pop on in to the golf centre or if you aren't up the club the next few weeks give us a call on 01299 271 112.

This Saturday

Members don’t forget it is our Two Man Texas Scramble Turkey Trot this Saturday, entry is £4 and anyone wearing a Christmas Jumper will get entry into a special nearest the pin, sponsored by Under Armour!

There are a few spots left and the start sheet is in the shop pop in or call us on 01299 271112 to get your name down.

We haven't held this competition for a couple of years but it should be a lot of fun. However, we are going to put it to a vote regarding the drives. Should it be 9 drives each or 8 each leaving 2 floaters?

Contact us here. The most votes wins! In the ones we have played in in the past it has been 9 each which is hilarious as you find yourself playing second shots from odd areas and it is all about who can handle the pressure!

We have two players looking for a partner, one at 9.30am and one at 10.20am if anyone fancies a game.

Have a great golfing week everyone and if your looking for a game or lessons please get in touch.

The CMGC Team.

Time has moved on

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